45) As remarked by Britain, Charrington was among a group of Fabians "who sought a judicious blending of high and popular culture as the basis for a 'communal' policy in the future" (Britain, Fabianism 242).

The division of the working class into the rough and the respectable, the deserving and undeserving poor, was, after all, central to mainstream social welfare for much of the twentieth century and has informed political philosophies from Fabianism to neo-liberalism.

In this collection of 13 essays scholars peek behind the fantasy and find plenty, including such topics as the ideologies of gender in the Psammead Trilogy, Fabianism and didacticism, the writing of empire, magical realism in the form of generic manipulation and mutation, comic spirituality and communicating humor, staging desire in Five Children and It, Nesbit's and Dickens's literary borrowings, parallels with the nineteenth-century moral tale, socialist utopia in The Story of the Amulet, H.

And in this way, the ECD's imagining of itself as a gentry 'folk' may be another commentary on the crisis of modern liberalism, one that is not so removed from the Fabianism of the early folklorists like Cecil Sharp (or his Progressive followers in the U.

All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.